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SOUTH KEN — The win seems easily in hand. It will be more of a TKO than a real back-slapping, headline-grabbing, crowd-pleasing victory. But that’s okay. And then the player kind of clumsily sits down and then leans forward and back… and falls down. Suddenly the game is not over yet. I think I am describing an indescribably painful final [...] MARYLEBONE — This year is a big year of change. In technology, in the world economy, the world of sport, even in the way all our countries are run. There are elections in America, France, India… What is more significant in a country than a change of government? And that’s what is promised in India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Serbia, Kuwait, El Salvador, The [...] LONDON — It’s been hard not to think about Korea this week. But I have different things on my mind. Not the loss of a dictator. Not the worry that still has South Korean’s practicing evacuations like WWII Britain and Cold War America. I am thinking about Korea’s fertile business culture and the country’s uncanny ability to reinvent itself, rebuild and [...]
SOUTH KENSINGTON — There was a piece in the Independent yesterday about Sir Richard Branson’s “three point plan” to get the UK economy going. Unfortunately the plan is completely pants. I wish it weren’t, but it is. Years ago, when I worked in politics a very worthy husband and wife team approached my cabinet ministers with suggested [...] BAHRAIN — This is my first time in Bahrain. That leaves only really Oman in the area that I haven’t been to / worked in. United Arab Emirates? It’s a part of the world that many people can’t (or choose not to) understand. In the last three weeks [...]
PICCADILLY — I’ve been scanning the ‘famous birthdays today’ section of the paper for a few weeks. Looking at the ages of those who make the list. And — maybe it’s just me — but one decade seems to be noticeably absent. Mine. I didn’t want to turn 40. But that was 5 years ago, so you think I’d be used to [...] CHELSEA — The problem with change is that you cannot always foresee what might happen next. So you create an anticipated direction of travel and risks, issues, dependencies etc. along the way. That’s how it’s done. In a nutshell. The problem with Britain’s big banks though is not that they don’t know what might happen next. They do, but they’re determined to [...] LONDON — I am still a bit disturbed by an interview I read while on holiday. I have no idea why, while off the grid for a fortnight, I managed to read Lucy Kellaway’s interview with Roland Rudd. But I did. Have a quick read of it and then come back. Let me start by saying that I have no agenda [...] LONDON — I’ve just been reading about a company that offers “custom executive education” and does so very successfully around the world. It’s an interesting business. We were talking to the good people at BraveNewTalent about the subject yesterday. How do companies get talented people to learn and grow at / for the job? Just [...] LONDON — It’s fair to say that people who are deeply suspicious of… everything… have had a banner week. The President of the United States of America released his birth certificate. Why? |
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